Alaska sentaor makes new push for crude exports, revenue sharing
WASHINGTON — Sen. Lisa Murkowski launched a new effort Thursday to secure state revenues from offshore oil drilling and lift
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Less than a third of Finns support Fennovoima nuclear plant
Only 29 percent of Finns surveyed by economic researcher Taloustutkimus are in favour of granting building permission for the controversial
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Limits put on Shell’s Arctic drilling
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Interior gave Shell approval Wednesday for exploratory drilling at two sites in the
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One of world’s largest geo-bio-energy facilities slated for Finland
A new world record is being set in the Helsinki suburb of Sipoo,Finland where a 300,000-square-metre logistics centre to be
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Fate of Fennovoima up to Russian brass says Finnish politician
Finland’s Green Party leader Ville Niinistö says he considers the Fennovoima nuclear power plant project to be completely ruled by
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Wind power investments down in Sweden
Sweden’s wind power investments are slowing down, as there were no new orders for wind turbines in the second quarter,
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Shell vessel damaged in Alaska waters uncharted since 1935
Federal hydrographic surveyors announced Monday that a preliminary review of the area where a Shell icebreaker was reportedly gouged found multiple, relatively shallow areas
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Alaska: Shoal found where Shell ship was gouged
The U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday that hydrographic surveyors discovered a previously uncharted shoal in the area where a key
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Finland: Nuclear power plant site vandalised
Fennovoima’s controversial nuclear power plant construction site in Pyhäjoki has again been vandalised – this time with three machines left
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Shell icebreaker damaged, returns to port
In another hurdle for Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic drilling program, an ice-handling vessel playing a key role in the operation has
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Erosion, geopolitics and the Beaufort Sea: Arctic week in review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Finland: Russian links to nuclear power project questioned
The Finnish dairy giant Valio announced Wednesday that it was pulling out of the Fennovoima nuclear power project. The statement
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Imperial delays oil drilling in Canadian Arctic
Imperial Oil and its offshore Arctic joint-venture partners are delaying their plans for an ambitious drilling project in the Canadian Beaufort Sea, news organizations reported
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Medals, energy and shipping shenanigans: Arctic week in review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Better technology stretches Arctic Alaska’s shrinking tundra travel season
A decade ago, oil operators on the North Slope found themselves in a climate predicament. The steady warming seen since
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